Vertebranium Headphone Stand

Howdy, wonderful people!

Do you need a ridiculously overly-complicated headphone stand?  Of course you do!  This vaguely-skeletal articulated print is a big one! 

The Vertebranium Headphone Stand prints on its side, curled up backwards (see picture down in the Printing Tips section), but then bends out and around so that all the hinges suspend the headphone bracket, and, of course, the headphones.  

You can lay the whole thing out flat, in fact:

Without weight on it the bracket is raised a little from horizontal, but it'll bend down a little when in use.  How far it bends is likely dependent on the filament and print settings you use.  It probably goes without saying, but I wouldn't go sitting on this thing or you'll just tear those hinges apart!  The whole thing works by stressing the hinges to form the overall shape, and while the hinges are massively oversized for strength they're still just 3D printed plastic :)

Print Description

This is a regular print, but since it's an articulated model you'll want to make sure your bottom layer is nice and neat, and that you don't have any print issues like overextrusion or stringing that might bond together moving parts!

The moving parts are designed to allow for a little squishing of the bottom layers, however, so don't stress too much if you have a bit of elephant footing.

Print Dimensions

It's a big print!

The Vertebranium Headphone Stand occupies 205mm x 202mm on the print bed and is 85mm tall.

It'll just fit on a Prusa MK3S or other similar 210mm+ print bed but I'm afraid this one isn't going to fit on a Mini!

Supports needed?

No supports required!

Infill?

I don't often specify infill, but in this case it's probably worth ramping it up a bit for strength.  While all those parts are nice and chunky for robustness those hinges are still under a lot of stress!

Scalability

This one isn't intended to be scaled, but the tolerances are all 0.5mm and you might be able to scale it down a little if you're really careful about your print settings!

Print Orientation

The model prints on its side, like so:

File location

You'll find this one on Dropbox at 678 Vertebranium Headphone Stand

Link to dropbox post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/31697592

Further Thoughts

I fully intended to design a more practical headphone stand, but this thing happened instead!  Using hinge limits to create a shape is quite inspiring - I wonder if it would be possible to make more elaborate, 'hidden' shapes that are only apparent when the model is oriented in a particular way?...

Happy printing! 

xoxo

Sven.